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David Axelrod: John Boehner’s ‘embarrassment’

David Axelrod on Friday called House Speaker John Boehner’s aborted “Plan B” vote “an embarrassment.”

“The fact that they couldn’t even pass that was an embarrassment,” Axelrod said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe. “I mean, this is the longest day of the year, and certainly true for John Boehner. I’m sure he’s scratching his head right now.”

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The “Plan B” vote was symbolic and designed to give Boehner more leverage in his negotiations with Obama over the fiscal cliff by offering a tax increase on income above $1 million. Boehner nixed the “Plan B” vote late Thursday after admitting it didn’t have enough Republican votes to pass.

“This shouldn’t be about caucus politics,” he said. “It should be about solving a big problem for the country, and hopefully over the weekend, the speaker, the leadership, will think that through and come back and be ready to negotiate seriously and move forward.”